City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Collins work on your grammar

eng

illustrations

no index present

Intermediate (B1), CEF Level B1, Suitable for self-study and classroom use

non fiction

Collins work on your grammar

Hundreds of exercises to get you to the next level Collins Work on your Grammar - Intermediate (B1) is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Intermediate level (CEF level B1). This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English

Machine generated contents note: What does this book contain? -- I'm a student: how can I use this book? -- Study tips -- I want to improve my grammar -- I'm a teacher: how can I use this book with my classes? -- Lesson plan -- 1.Past simple, present perfect and present perfect continuous -- Talking about the past and present together -- (Past simple: verb + -ed) -- (Present perfect: has/had + verb + -ed) -- (Present perfect continuous: has/have + been + verb + -ed) -- 2.Past perfect, past perfect continuous and present perfect continuous -- Talking about different times in the past and present -- (Past perfect: had + verb + -ed) -- (Past perfect continuous: had + been + verb + -ing) -- 3.Modals and passives -- Using passives to show opinions about events and situations (have to, used to, be going to) -- 4.It sentences -- Using it to begin sentences and clauses (It + be + adjective/noun/verb phrase + infinitive) -- 5.Reporting statements and imperatives --Contents note continued: Reporting what people have said and commands -- 6.Reporting questions -- Reporting questions people have asked -- 7.Modals (1) -- Modals for making predictions with certainty (will/shall and be + going to) -- 8.Used to -- Using used to to talk about past situations (used to + verb) -- 9.Modals (2) -- Talking about what you can and must do (must, mustn't, need, needn't, don't need, don't have to, have to) -- 10.Modals (3) -- Talking about events you are not sure about (must/can't/could/might + be) -- 11.Showing how certain you are about situations -- 12.Second and third conditionals -- Second conditional: If + past simple + would + present simple -- Third conditional: If + past perfect + would have + past participle -- 13.Conditionals -- As if, as though, as long as, provided, provided that -- 14.Present simple and present perfect in future time -- Using present verbs to talk about the future -- 15.Adverbs --Contents note continued: Words that add information about when, how often and how things happen (still, yet, any longer, any more, even, only) -- 16.Asking for, giving and refusing permission -- can, could, may -- 17.Comparatives -- Making comparisons of people and things (than, so ... as, as ... as, much, not much) -- 18.Adjective order -- Using adjectives in the correct order to describe people and things -- 19.-ing/-ed adjectives -- Adjectives made from parts of verbs (exciting/excited, amazing/amazed, embarrassing/embarrassed, etc.) -- 20.Using -ing forms as nouns -- 21.Nouns and indefinite pronouns + to-infinitive -- Using nouns and verbs to make subjects -- 22.wh-clauses -- Using phrases with wh-pronouns to make objects (where, who, why, which, how, what) -- 23.Relative pronouns -- Using wh-pronouns when giving more information about people and things (who, which, that, whose, when, where) -- 24.Have/get something done --Contents note continued: Talking about actions you arrange for other people to take -- 25.Verbs that are used together -- Hear, see, want, need (hear/see/want/need + -ing, hear/see + object + verb) -- 26.Prepositions -- Prepositions for talking about the purpose of actions or things (for, with, as well as, rather than, except for, besides, apart from) -- 27.Some/any/nobody/so/such -- 28.The in place names -- Names for places including the -- 29.Verbs + to or -ing -- Using to or -ing after verbs to make different meanings -- 30.Giving short answers to questions -- So and neither

Work on your grammar, Intermediate B1